Filling-catcher for looms.



W. H. CHASE.

FILLING CATCHER FOR Loon/ls` APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, I9IG i H A e Application tiled November *2, Serial Tito.

To all whom it 'may conce/rn.

Be it known that l., lJi/'iLLLiiiI lI (hiess, nY citizen of the United limitesj re iding :it l'lopedule, countyY of lllorcester, @tute of Mnssnchnsetts, have invented nn ln'iproi'enient in ll`illing-Cutchers :tor Looms, oli which the following description in connecH tion with the accompanying drawing, is u specification, lil-:e elfiarncters on 'the drewing' representing lile parts.

This invention relates to looms wherein during the operation of the leoni e spent filling carrier is ejected :troni the shuttle In such. cases the spent lilling carrier is usually left with a sniell bunch of filling thereon and this lling trails buck through the eye `of the shuttle to e point Where it is broken or severed by instruiiiientnlities use: ally connected to the" loom. When in the case of the automatic fillings;n ieplenislungl leoni e fresh iilling carrier is transferred into the shuttle it is importent that the trailing filling from the ejected filling cnr rier shall be cleared from the shuttlea Otherwise it may be entangled with the fresh filling and Woven into the cloth.

The object oiZ this invention is to provide e simple and eiiicient ineens for insuring;` that the trailing end oli the filling` ei;- tending from the ejeetecl filling curi-ier through the Shuttle eye shell loe cleared from the shuttle eye as the shuttle starts on its pick to the opposite side of the leoni,

This object und the features of 'the invention will more fully appelli" from the accompanying description enddrawings und will he intrticulurly pointed out in the claims.

The drawings illustrate so inuch el n well .known type oiz :nitonnitic filling replenishing leoni :is is necessary to :i disclosure oll the invention with u, preferred iorin oli the invention embodied therein.

In the drawings Figure l is e front elevation of e portion of the magazine end oi en eutonizitie filling replen'isliinlooin et' the well known Northrop type showing a, preferred forni of invention embodied therein and with 'the spent filling carrier just ejected frein the shuttle;

Fig. Q is :i View in vertical transverse cross section tetten on ithe line .Q -25 i" Fig. l;

lli 2 is e View persneetive el'. the wire therebeneuth und siinuiteneousl)7 to force out tion or type el? leoni in which it is einln lied is ilnniuterinl to the scope of 'the iny'entioin` But the invention is olf peculiar "-.fulue connection Vwith un 'autoiiietie l'illingrr re ilenishing leoniwherein upon the suiisteir tml exl'niustion of the tillincl u fresh illinsr 'urrier 'troni n niugnziine or hopper is mutt; lnuticully transferred into the shuttle on the le); und simultaneously the spent iillinsi` carrier is ejected therefrom und :tells into u cnn placed beneath the leoni.

.llie drawings accordingly illustrute n, 'portion otf the well hnowu Northrop nutoniulic filling replenishing` looni wherein u hopper or inugzizine l is supported 'from the bremst benin? et one end ol lthe ley and continus n supply of fresh filling' carriers El. llhen the lilling in the running shuttle becomes suhsl'znitiully exhausted und the shut, tlc i is honed et the magazine enel ol the lor through nutonnitic niechunisni well linouii to those :familier with this ort n 5 is operated to 'transfer ilresh .Killing enr rier lioni the hopper into the shuttle al er eject the spent filling carrier G. For this purpose the shuttle is open at the top and bottoni. Ets the spent iilling carrier liasses out from the bottom of the shuttle it hills against e directing` einen 'l' :ittfiched to the ley und by which it is directed into een plee-ed beneath the leoni.

ln order tlnit 'the eheilge ol2 illing ce," i in y trite pince without leaving; tu.' itcction in the cloth few picls'of nniin upon the ejected filling carrier L in the forni of n. sinull launch 8 and the lilling end Q trails roin the bunch 8 incl'. 'through the eye l0 of the shuttle` llt else er@ of the shuttle hack toward the tell of 'the cloth depending upon the point fit which it cut or lorolfen. This enel must be clenred iliroin the shuttle eye or it will lic-ico tengleel wi i v carrier une duce trouble und even in seine enses" tie 'Woven into f lo, order te insure the Slee il (l lill inel end olt the spent filling from theshuttle this invention prm'ides nieans j )rojecting adjacent 'the path of the filling trailingfrom the ejected filling` carrier through the shutA tle ejf'e which means extends between the trailing lilling` and the opposite side of the looin. l'n the specific construction illustrated this meansl comprises a member ll oli wire shown separately in Fig'. 3 and attached to the lay so that its hooked end .l2 j'n'ojecls lilovvnn'ardl and rearwardly ailjacent the trailing end il oi' the filling, and il, will be noted that this end l2 is located to the lett olC the lilling` or between the filling and the opposite side oit the loom. ThisA wire n'ieinber li is provided with an ove 123 and it may be placed in position with its lone' horixontal portion abutting` tho un-,

derside ol' lla bottoni plate l-l oi? the shuttle box and the eve lil may be placed over and secured in 'position by the bolt l5 by which the right hand en`d of the delecting apron T is secured Lo the lay. This affords a simple and eilicient means ilj'or holding' the Wire member il in the required position* ll, will be aj 'n )arent that the construction olt lhe device and the particular means by which it .supported are notioi' the essence oi the invention in itsl broader aspects so long; as it projects in the reduired relation to the trailing` l'illinfg` end. ,j j y 'lhe operation ot' the dei'i'ee will'novv be apparent.

ing; tluhelroni will extend down adjacent the hook shaped end 1&2 and as the shuttle starts-i on the reverse pick the filling will reeve about the part l2 and be retarded v .so as to cause the withdrawal of the spent hlling end lroni the shuttle eye. rlhe action is a quick. one because the parts are in motion and it is aided by the fall of the spent filling carrier into the can. rllhe lilling end is then-,fore given a quick turn about the hooked end l2 and the retarding action is so aided bj.' the momentum oi' parts that When the spent lillingcaurier (ifv is ejected iron'i, the shuttle the filling 9 trailthe spent filling end is readily Withdrawn through the shuttle eye.

Having fully described my invention, What I claiml as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: l. A loom comprising` means for ejecting a spent lilling carrier from. the shuttle when at the end o1 its pick and means secured to the lay and projecting adjacent the path of the illing trailing from the ejected filling' carrier through the shuttle eye 'and extending between the said trailing illing and the opposite side of the loom whereby as the shuttle starts on the reverse pick the trailine` lilling reeves about and is retarded by said means and is thus drawn out from the shuttle.

L). A looin'comprising` means for ejecting a spent filling carrier lfrom the shuttle when at the end of its pick, a hooked shaped member secured lo the lay and having its hooked end projectingadjacent the path of the filling trailing from the ejected filling carrier through the shuttle eye and located .between the said trailing filling and the opposite side of the loom whereby as the shuttle. starts on the reverse pick the trailing' filling is caught and retarded by the, lufibked end and thus drawn out from the shiittle. p

3. A loom comprising means for ejecting a spent filling carrier from the shuttle when .at the end of its piek, a device secured to W .l LLIAM H. CHASE. 

